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Most of the April 2 city and school district elections will be uneventful matters, with only a handful of contested races, while no City of Marion positions are up for election. The filing deadline for candidates was noon Tuesday.

The only contested board of education race is in Peabody-Burns USD 398, where five candidates have filed for three at-large positions. The candidates are Shayla Clark, Travis T. Foth, Barry Peter, Jarrod Gaines, and Julia Ensminger.

Peabody has the only contested mayoral race, between Larry K. Larsen and Frank Doerrler.

Florence City Council has a race between Ed Robinson and Pam Wells for a seat representing Ward 2 on the council.

Larry D. Schmidt, Dean Snelling, and Larry C. Lindeman are vying for two Goessel City Council positions.

Burns City Council has two positions up for election and three candidates: Daniel S. Huls II, Mary Glenn, and Roland Boesker.

There are six candidates for five positions on Ramona City Council. They are James Thompson, A.J. Svoboda, Billy E. Alcorn, Jayme Brunner, Arthur Stroda, and Rachel Mealor.

There are more races with no candidates for office than contested races; 18 elected positions in Marion County will have to be filled by write-ins.